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The US led the way in fighting malnutrition, and USAID provided a miracle peanut paste that brings kids back from the brink -- until now. Starvation is a problem that we can actually solve, but we're now retreating from the fight. Here's what I found in West Africa: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

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Republicans are saying that these cuts will be reinvested into Medicaid for people who "deserve" it. If that were true, the budget would stay the same. But that's not what's happening. Why? Because down the hall, they are trying to finance tax breaks for billionaires.

submitted 36 days ago • 279 comments

Trump’s border czar earned consulting fees from immigrant detention firm www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 22 days ago • 43 comments

submitted 23 days ago • 722 comments

🔥 @RepMcGovern: “THIS IS NOT POLICY. THIS IS THEFT… done under the cover of night.” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

submitted 29 days ago • 318 comments

🔥 WATCH: “They won’t even read their own bill!” Rep. Leger-Fernandez (D) shames Rep. Jason Smith (R) for refusing to read a part of the Republican bill that gives a tax break for TANNING BEDS while slashing trillions in health care for seniors and the poor. 🤔 #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

submitted 29 days ago • 129 comments

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

America was born out of a protest against British tyranny. Dissent is baked into the foundations of the U.S. But today, dissent is being punished and checks & balances are under attack. Judge Luttig says this administration is “of the school of constitutional denialism”. #Velshi

submitted 46 days ago • 20 comments

Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented. His argument fails even on its own terms.

submitted 45 days ago • 834 comments

Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal. Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration. See how this works?

submitted 51 days ago • 517 comments

Its true that America citizens can’t legally be deported. It’s equally clear that this administration doesn’t care about what the law says. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 66 days ago • 273 comments

If you love your library, listen up…

submitted 65 days ago • 186 comments

What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

submitted 66 days ago • 584 comments

We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

submitted 65 days ago • 368 comments

it’s time for all the little free library folks to get together and defend the big free libraries. i cannot stress how important libraries are, and not just for the books but for the critical services they provide.

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

I have had issues & been hearing from people having trouble just ACCESSING their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please SHARE!

submitted 79 days ago • 30 comments

@hcrichardson.bsky.social “Let’s get in good trouble. “My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.” According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.

submitted 78 days ago • 51 comments

Unique to America, our health care system is designed not to make people well, but to make CEOs & wealthy stockholders incredibly rich. The result: We have the highest infant mortality rate of any wealthy country on earth. How cruel, how immoral is that? We need Medicare for All.

submitted 88 days ago • 636 comments

AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person. I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.

submitted 90 days ago • 1234 comments

With $3 million, we can feed 10,850 seniors for a YEAR, OR send 1 elderly man golfing (once).

submitted 94 days ago • 20 comments